28. Developmental Psych

Question 1

female ovary releases mature egg, 200M sperm uptake, release enzymes to penetrate and merge w/ egg

Answer 1

conception

Question 2

conception onto birth

Answer 2

gestation

Question 3

(1. in gestation) fewer than 1. ______ of all fertilized eggs (2. ______) survive past 3. __ ____.

Answer 3

1. half
2. zygotes
3. 2 weeks

Question 4

(2. gestation) after 1. ___ days attaches to 2. ______ walls, inner cell becomes 3. ______ and outside is the 4. ________

Answer 4

1. 10
2. uterine
3. embryo
4. placenta

Question 5

(3. gestation) after 1. __ weeks – 2. _____ is unmistakably human

Answer 5

1. 9

2. fetus

Question 6

(4. gestation) month 1. __ responsive to 2. _____ and mother’s 3. _______

Answer 6

1. 6
2. sounds
3. voice

Question 7

placenta provides 1. ______ and 2. ____, and stops 3. ______ substances

Answer 7

1. nutrients
2. oxygen
3. harmful

Question 8

agents such as chemicals and viruses that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm

Answer 8

teratogens

Question 9

drugs, alcohol, chicken pox (if mom is not immune)

Answer 9

teratogens

Question 10

physical and cognitive abnormalities — epigenetic effect (on/off on some DNA)

Answer 10

fetal-alcohol syndrome

Question 11

biological growth process that enable orderly changes in behavior

Answer 11

maturation

Question 12

sets the basic course

Answer 12

nature

Question 13

adjusts the basic course

Answer 13

nurture

Question 14

after birth, 1. _____ networks that eventually enables 2. ______, 3. ______, and 4. _______ sprout

Answer 14

1. neural
2. walking
3. talking
4. remembering

Question 15

what is the universal motor development? (2)

Answer 15

1. roll over before sitting, before sitting, crawl before walking, (11-15 months)
2. bowel and bladder movement take time

Question 16

begins around 8 months and schemas-representation sets in

Answer 16

stranger anxiety

Question 17

searching for familiar faces

Answer 17

schemas-representation

Question 18

when scared; about to separate or reunite

Answer 18

attachment bond

Question 19

attachment sets around age __

Answer 19

1

Question 20

_____ is the key to developing attachments?

Answer 20

contact

Question 21

optimal period early incite of an organism when exposure to certain stimuli or experiences produces normal development

Answer 21

critical period

Question 22

speaking gibberish in the first few years of life for Broca and Wernicke’s areas

Answer 22

critical point

Question 23

the process by which certain animals from strong attachments during an early life (critical point)

Answer 23

imprinitng

Question 24

imprinting is often most 1. _____ developed at a 2. _____ age (babies, puppies)

Answer 24

1. easily

2. young

Question 25

1. _____ exposure to humans breeds more 2. ______ as we repeat activities, foods, events, movies, etc.

Answer 25

1. more | 2. fondness

Question 26

early activities of exposure and imprinting lay the foundations of _______

Answer 26

nostalgia

Question 27

a person's characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity, w/ heredity playing the largest role

Answer 27

tempermant

Question 28

1. ______ and 2. ______ are largely determined by 3. _____, but can be 4. ______ by 5. ______

Answer 28

1. personality 2. behavior 3. genetics 4. impacted 5. upbringing

Question 29

irritable, intense, unpredictable (babies)

Answer 29

difficult babies

Question 30

cheerful, relaxed, and predictable in feeding and sleeping

Answer 30

easy babies

Question 31

1. _________ rates enhanced in 2. _________ babies w/ 3. ________ responding training parents

Answer 31

1. attachment 2. difficult 3. sensitive

Question 32

sensitive, loving caregivers form a life-long attitude of trust rather than fear (Erikson) and a positive sense of self

Answer 32

basic trust

Question 33

by age 12, a sense of who they are (self-esteem and how they feel about who they are)

Answer 33

self-concept